St. Nectarios Greek Orthodox Mission Church
Publish Date: 2024-11-24
Bulletin Contents
St Nectarios Weekly Bulletin
Announcements
Services and Activities
Message from Father John
Sunday Online Fellowship Time
Saints and Feasts
Hymns of the Day
Gospel and Epistle Readings
About Us

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St. Nectarios Greek Orthodox Mission Church

General Information

  • Phone:
  • (509) 547-3968
  • Fax:
  • none / Facebook Group: "Saint Nectarios - Pasco"
  • Street Address:

  • 627 West Bonneville Street

  • Pasco, WA 99301
  • Mailing Address:

  • 627 West Bonneville Street

  • Pasco, WA 99301

Contact Information

Mrs Tamara G Droppo
Board President

[email protected] | 5093668745

Services Schedule

    Online DIVINE LITURGY - 10:00am

or

    In-church TYPICA Reader Service - 10:00am

Past Bulletins


St Nectarios Weekly Bulletin

(Updated 11/20/2024)

11/20/2024

Information

The St Nectarios Bulletin lists the schedule for this week's online Services. Please check the St Nectarios Bulletin for any last-minute schedule changes.
Upcoming in church Services:
Sunday November 23rd - Typica Reader Service
Saturday December 14th - Divine Liturgy
For information, questions, and appointments - call Jim/Tammy Droppo 5O9 366-8745 or send email to [email protected].

 

Greek Orthodox Metropolis of San Francisco

St. Nectarios Greek Orthodox Mission Church

Serving Tricity Orthodox Christians

627 West Bonneville St., Pasco, WA 99301 

All are welcome at St. Nectarios!


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Announcements

UPCOMING SERVICES

Thanks to Father Tervo, and all of you, for coming and celebrating St Nectarios Feast Day with us! It was great to see everyone. And also, the food was great!
 
Nativity Fast begins on November 15th 
 
Upcoming in church Services:
Sunday November 23rd - Typica Reader Service
Saturday December 14th - Divine Liturgy
 
For information, questions, and appointments - call Jim/Tammy Droppo 5O9 366-8745 or send email to [email protected].

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Services and Activities

  • Saint Nectarios

    November 24 to December 22, 2024

    Sunday, November 24

    10:00AM Divine Liturgy - Zoom / Facebook Online (Pacific Standard Time-USA)

    10:00AM Typica (in church) Reader Service + Fellowship

    1:00PM Fellowship Time with Father John (Pacific Standard Time, USA)

    Saturday, November 30

    5:00PM Vespers online (Pacific Standard Time-USA)

    Sunday, December 1

    10:00AM Divine Liturgy - Zoom / Facebook Online (Pacific Standard Time-USA)

    1:00PM Fellowship Time with Father John (Pacific Standard Time, USA)

    Friday, December 6

    7:00PM Online Akathist to St. Nectarios (Pacific Standard Time-USA)

    Saturday, December 7

    9:00AM (IN CHURCH) Coptic Holy Liturgy Service

    5:00PM Vespers online (Pacific Standard Time-USA)

    Sunday, December 8

    10:00AM Divine Liturgy - Zoom / Facebook Online (Pacific Standard Time-USA)

    1:00PM Fellowship Time with Father John (Pacific Standard Time, USA)

    Saturday, December 14

    5:00PM Vespers online (Pacific Standard Time-USA)

    Sunday, December 15

    10:00AM Divine Liturgy - Zoom / Facebook Online (Pacific Standard Time-USA)

    1:00PM Fellowship Time with Father John (Pacific Standard Time, USA)

    Saturday, December 21

    5:00PM Vespers online (Pacific Standard Time-USA)

    Sunday, December 22

    10:00AM Divine Liturgy - Zoom / Facebook Online (Pacific Standard Time-USA)

    1:00PM Fellowship Time with Father John (Pacific Standard Time, USA)

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Message from Father John

USE YOUR RICHES WISELY

Material, intellectual, spiritual and other riches are gifts of God to us. God granted them to us through inheritance or through our acquisition, through His gifts and abilities to us. Naked we were born and we’ll leave this world without any of our possessions.

Riches are given to us to use them wisely for good and not misuse them for evil. The ancient Greeks called money chrimata, items to be used. In a light spirit, someone said that “the coins were made round in order to roll and not to stay in one place.” Money is not a value of itself; rather it has value when it is used and shared with others. The riches are given to us for our needs but also to help those in need of assistance.

The young man in the Gospel lesson asked Jesus what to do to inherit eternal life. Jesus pointed out to him the 10 Commandments. When he said that he had kept them from his youth, Jesus told him to use his riches to inherit eternal life, and come to join him. But he walked away from His advice. Can you imagine where he would have been today, if the young man had followed Jesus’ advice!

Many times we don’t take the advice of our parents or of otherwise people in our life, when we are young. When we grow older, we realize what great mistake we made. God has given us a spiritual way to reverse the damage. He called it repentance and confession. The Prodigal Son used it and he returned to his father. Let us also return to our Heavenly Father, if we have gone astray, and also learn to use wisely our riches, as He has told us.

With love,

Fr. John P. Angelis

 

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Sunday Online Fellowship Time

On many Sundays we schedule a Online Fellowship Time with Father John at 1PM 

Please check "Services and Activities" to see which Sundays have a Fellowship time scheduled. 

When scheduled, Saint Nectarios Church - Pasco WA USA invites you to the 1PM Sunday Online Fellowship Time – where we get together in a zoom meeting. This event is a good way to ask questions of Father John. Discussions usually address needs and concerns, as well as good news.  Just get a cup of coffee (or another beverage) and join us.   
 
Contact us by calling Jim/Tammy Droppo (5O9 366 8745) or sending an email to [email protected]

St Nectarios Service Fellowship Time Link 

(As a security precaution, we do filter participants using a waiting room option.  If you are a new participant, it is a good idea to let us know in advance that you will be joining us. )

Join Zoom Meeting
Join our Cloud HD Video Meeting

Meeting ID: 994 8641 9623
Passcode: 977226

 
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Saints and Feasts

November 14

Philip the Apostle

This Apostle, one of the Twelve, was from Bethsaida of Galilee, and was a compatriot of Andrew and Peter. He was instructed in the teachings of the Law, and devoted himself to the study of the prophetic books. Therefore, when the Lord Jesus called him to the dignity of apostleship, he immediately sought out and found Nathanael and said to him, "We have found Him of Whom Moses in the Law and the Prophets did write, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph" (John 1.45). Having preached Jesus the God-man throughout many parts of Asia Minor, and having suffered many things for His Name's sake, he was finally crucified upside down in Hierapolis of Phrygia.

November 15

Nativity Fast Begins

The Nativity Fast is one of four main fast periods throughout the ecclesiastical year. Beginning on November 15 and concluding on December 24, the Nativity Fast gives individuals the opportunity to prepare for the Feast of the Nativity of Our Lord and Savior in the Flesh on December 25. By abstaining from certain food and drink, particularly from meat, fish, dairy products, olive oil, and wine, as well as focusing more deeply on prayer and almsgiving, we can find that the primary aim of fasting is to make us conscious of our dependence upon God.

November 16

Matthew the Apostle & Evangelist

This Apostle, who was also called Levi, was the son of Alphaeus and had Galilee as his homeland. A publican before being called by Christ, he became one of the Twelve Apostles, and an Evangelist. While still in Palestine, he wrote his Gospel first in Hebrew, being also the first of all to write the Gospel. When he is depicted in icons, there is portrayed next to him the likeness of a man, one of the symbolic living creatures mentioned by Ezekiel (1.10), which, as Saint Irenaeus writes, is a symbol of our Saviour's Incarnation.

November 17

9th Sunday of Luke

November 17

Gregory the Wonderworker & Bishop of Neo-Caesarea

Saint Gregory was born in Neocaesarea of Pontus to parents who were not Christians. He studied in Athens, in Alexandria, in Beirut, and finally for five years in Caesarea of Palestine under Origen, by whom he was also instructed in the Faith of Christ. Then, in the year 240, he became bishop of his own city, wherein he found only seventeen Christians. By the time the Saint reposed about the year 265, there were only seventeen unbelievers left there. Virtually the whole duration of his episcopacy was a time of continual, marvellous wonders worked by him. Because of this, he received the surname "Wonderworker"; even the enemies of the truth called him a second Moses (see Saint Basil the Great's On the Holy Spirit, ch. 29).

November 17

Gennadios I and Maximus, Patriarchs of Constantinople

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Hymns of the Day

Resurrectional Apolytikion in the Fourth Tone

The women disciples of the Lord heard from the angel, the joyful news of the Resurrection and the repeal of the sentence imposed upon our forefathers. With pride they said to the Apostles, "Death is vanquished, Christ our God is risen bestowing upon the world His great mercy."

Apolytikion for Gregory the Wonderworker in the Plagal Fourth Tone

By vigilance in prayer, and continuance in the working of wonders, thou didst acquire thine achievements as a surname; wherefore, intercede with Christ our God, O Father Gregory, to enlighten our souls, lest we sleep in sin unto death.

Apolytikion for the Church in the First Tone

The Offspring of Selyvria and Guardian of Aegina, the true friend of virtue who appeared in the last years. Oh Nectarios we faithful honor you as a godly servant of Christ! For you bring forth healings of every kind for those who piously cry out: Glory to Christ who has glorified you, Glory to him who made you wondrous, glory to him who workest healings for all through you.

Seasonal Kontakion in the Fourth Tone

Today, the most pure temple of the Savior, the precious bridal chamber and Virgin, the sacred treasure of God, enters the house of the Lord, bringing the grace of the Divine Spirit. The Angels of God praise her. She is the heavenly tabernacle.

The translations of hymns are under copyright and used by permission. All rights reserved. These works may not be further reproduced, in print or on other websites or in any other form, without the prior written authorization of the copyright holder:

  • Resurrectional Apolytikion in Fourth Tone © Narthex Press
  • Apolytikion for Gregory the Wonderworker in the Plagal of the Fourth Tone © Holy Transfiguration Monastery
  • Seasonal Kontakion in the Fourth Tone © Narthex Press
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    Gospel and Epistle Readings

    Epistle Reading

    Prokeimenon. Fourth Tone. Psalm 103.24,1.
    O Lord, how manifold are your works. You have made all things in wisdom.
    Verse: Bless the Lord, O my soul.

    The reading is from St. Paul's Letter to the Galatians 2:16-20.

    Brethren, knowing that a man is not justified by works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Christ Jesus, in order to be justified by faith in Christ, and not by works of the law, because by works of the law shall no one be justified. But if, in our endeavor to be justified in Christ, we ourselves were found to be sinners, is Christ then an agent of sin? Certainly not! But if I build up again those things which I tore down, then I prove myself a transgressor. For I through the law died to the law, that I might live to God. I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me; and the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.

    Gospel Reading

    9th Sunday of Luke
    The Reading is from Luke 12:16-21

    The Lord said this parable: "The land of a rich man brought forth plentifully; and he thought to himself, 'What shall I do, for I have nowhere to store my crops?' And he said, 'I will do this: I will pull down my barns, and build larger ones; and there I will store all my grain and my goods. And I will say to my soul, 'Soul, you have ample goods laid up for many years; take your ease, eat, drink, be merry.' But God said to him, 'Fool! This night your soul is required of you; and the things you have prepared, whose will they be?' So is he who lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God." As he said these things, he cried out: "He who has ears to hear, let him hear."

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    About Us

    ST. NECTARIOS GREEK ORTHODOX MISSION CHURCH
    Diocese of the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of San Francisco.
    This Tri-Cities Christian Orthodox Community has a church located at 627 West Bonneville St., Pasco, WA 99301. All are invited to attend. A light lunch fellowship time normally follows the In-Church Liturgy and Typica Services.
    Prayers:  Please send us (or call us) with names of those you would like to be included in our prayers for healing.  Frist names may be entered in the St Nectarios - Pasco Group. 
    INFORMATION SOURCES
    For information on services and activities, you may:
    1) access our "Saint Nectarios - Pasco" Facebook Group:
    https://www.facebook.com/groups/334558973222227/
    2) access the church website:
     (copy/paste this url) https://www.stnectariostricities.org/ for Welcome to Our Parish Website | St. Nectarios Greek Orthodox Mission (stnectariostricities.org) 
    3)  The online  (copy/paste this url) ../../../../../stnectariospasco/ for Saint Nectarios Bulletin  is the best source of up to date) information on church Services and activities. ( http://bulletinbuilder.org/stnectariospasco/  )
    NOTIFICATIONS 
    To receive the weekly Services Reminder  by email, please send an email request.
    For those not connected to the internet,  please call Jim (on 5O9 366 8745) to request either
        a) by a phone call on the 'week of the in-church Service'
           or
        b) by a weekly smart-phone Service reminder text message.
    CHURCH SERVICES
    Greek Orthodox Divine Liturgy.  Each month, we try to have at least one Divine Liturgy  (with a visiting Priest).  That Service is normally on a Saturday (or a Special Service/Feast weekday) and is scheduled when a Priest is available.  In addition to communion during the Service, private meetings with the Priest are available by appointment (for personal matters, planning future events, and Confession).
    Special Invitation - Saint Nectarios Church welcomes all: During Divine Liturgy, which is mostly in English, the Lord's Prayer is said by parishioners in their native languages.  Currently the prayer is normally said in English, Arabic, Russian, Spanish, and Greek.  If you wish to participate (and perhaps add a language), just let us know.
    On most weeks, we remotely celebrate Saturday Vespers  and Sunday Online Divine Liturgy  with Father John in the Seattle area.  During the remote Divine Liturgy, Communion is served to Father's attending family and friends - but is unavailable to those participating online.
    Online Greek Orthodox Vespers and Other Special Services are normally celebrated online with Father John in Seattle.  The link for joining Zoom to actively participate in on-line Services is
    https://goarch.zoom.us/j/98009355049?pwd=UmttUUN2aG4raUc4WS9Zelo1REYxdz09
    On the last Sunday of each month, there normally is a Typica Reader Service  with a Parish Fellowship Time.  This in-Church Service is held as an opportunity to bring the local community together - and hopefully eventually returning St. Nectarios to having a full time Priest.
    All are welcome to join in the celebration these Christian Orthodox Services.

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    Coptic Church Services

    Tri-Cities Coptic Church Services
    Saint Mary and Saint Abanoub Coptic Orthodox Church.    This Coptic Church is currently holding services at the St. Nectarios Church.  A Saturday or Sunday Holy Liturgy with a visiting Priest is normally held once per month either in the Tricities or in Spokane.  All are invited to attend. A fellowship time and Christian Study Class for older students normally follows the Services.  For more information, please contact Nader Samaan ([email protected]) or access the website: 
     (copy/paste this url) https://www.stmary-stabanoub-tricities.org/ for https://www.stmary-stabanoub-tricities.org/

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    Call Jim/Tammy Droppo, 5O9 366-8745.

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